Some people are alive and he is dead, and some people are dead and he is still alive.

Carter Adams is nowhere to be found, most of the time, and has become a ghost, but his reputation is still alive.

Carter Rodney was alive, but the media said he was dead, so everyone thought he was dead.

"I can tell you responsibly that Rodney is still alive."

"But," I said, "you can't see him." ”

"Why?" Achilles glared at me: "If I can't see him, how can I be sure that he is alive?" ”

"Because, I can't believe you."

Pouring the last drop of wine into my mouth, I threw it away, the bottle shattered to the ground, and looking at the shattered glass shards all over the floor, I said, "I'm not sure if you're going to kill him." ”

"How could I possibly kill the descendants of Adams!" Achilles said excitedly.

"I'm not you, so, I don't know, and I don't believe it," I said with a light breath, "If you really want to see him, now is not a good time, you have to wait." ”

"How long will it take?" Achilles asked, "How long do you want me to wait?" ”

"When he leads the crowd to stand outside Eri City, and when he confronts Carter Scott, the eldest young master, and the city lord of Eri City, you will see him."

"What do you mean by that?" Achilles stepped forward and was imposing: "You mean that the descendants of Adams will kill each other!" ”

"Was it a surprise?" I looked at him without fear: "Perhaps Adams's children, and even his grandchildren, believed in Carter Adams's original intentions, but after a few generations, this original intention became vague and fragile, like silk, which was torn apart. ”

"This can't be, this can't be, why is this happening, why is it ...... You lied to me! "Achilles pointed at me, looked at me, and asked me.

"I don't have to deceive you," I said, "Besides, what's the use of me deceiving you?" Can I fool you into my camp? Impossible, at least, you won't join my camp until Carter Rodney appears alive in front of you, I don't expect you to join the camp, and I don't want you to do anything, so why deceive you? ”

With a chuckle, I continued: "What I'm talking about is history, and it's also a fact, there are indeed Carter family members who died at the hands of foreigners, but there are only a few, and there are countless descendants of the Carter family who died at the hands of their own people because of the war, otherwise, do you think the current city lord of Eri City will really only have four children?" Moreover, haven't you ever wondered why none of the Ari City City Lords are still alive? Are they all short-lived? Or did they go through a brutal war? ”

"Neither" I shook my head: "The real cause of their death is an internal struggle, an endless struggle for power, the city lord of Eri City, is only the one who wins among the many contenders, as for the losers, they are all dead." ”

Achilles' body trembled, and his gaze fell, and the momentum of the force disappeared without a trace.

His expression was complicated, painful and contemplative.

"Maybe I'm saying this a little early, but it's good to give you a warning," I said, "The fire of war is inevitable, as for which side ignited, I don't know, during the war, you should meet Carter Rodney, and most of the time, as an enemy, at that point, it is up to you whether you choose to let the decaying Ari City continue to survive or choose to let it live again." ”

Leaving behind the painful Achilles, he beckoned to the little red fish: "Walk with me, this street of Eri City, which is full of rotten smells, let me feel it again, its sinking." ”

Walking through the streets of Ari City, I don't feel like I used to be.

Some shops have closed, but some stores have grown, and the once popular ones have become deserted, and the once deserted ones have become popular.

Walk to the end of the civilian neighborhood, where there is a casino, business is booming, but the owner is not there.

Their boss, in Moonlight City, is my man.

"Wren has been missing for a long time" Little Red Fish looked at the casino and said, "Some people say that he is dead, but I don't believe it." ”

As he spoke, he turned to me again and said, "Do you believe it?" ”

"I don't believe it either."

Little Red Fish smiled: "I'll just say, that dead old ghost won't die." ”

Stepping into the slum area, I can't help but stop, the current slum is the same as it used to be.

In the past, the slums were said to be slums, but they were relatively poor, and they were not so poor that they had no houses to live in and no clothes to wear.

Looking at the present, many cardboard boxes built of leaky broken paper houses abound, a pair of men and women and their children live in it, adults because of hunger yellow muscles thin, children because of hunger skinny, babies because of hunger crying.

The streets are littered with garbage because no one is cleaning them.

As the night breeze blows, the rotting garbage emits a strong stench, comparable to the body odor of a carrion puppet.

This is a real slum!

"It's miserable here, isn't it?" said the little red fish, covering his mouth and nose.

"It's not miserable here, it's just relatively poor, but there is food, clothing, and housing."

After staring for a while, I turned to leave, but in my mind, there was an indelible sad scene.

"You're not going to help them?" Little Red Fish asked, "Don't you give a little money?" ”

I shook my head: "No matter how much money they give, they will still be poor, and maybe it will cause them even greater sorrow." ”

"Oh?" Little Red Fish didn't understand.

"Giving copper coins will not help, giving silver coins will be interrogated, giving gold coins will be doomed" I said lightly: "Because, in the eyes of those in power, they are just pathetic worms, unworthy of silver coins and gold coins, and even, even copper coins, are only given to them in the state of alms because they are the lowest value, as for silver coins and gold coins, once they are found to have them, they will be regarded as thieves immediately, and the torture is small, and if they are not good, they may not be executed on the spot." ”

"Then aren't you going to rescue them?" Little Redfish asked.

"How to save it?" I laughed and said, "What is the rescue, and why is it rescued?" ”

"The reason why they are getting worse and worse is not only because of the oppression of those in power, but also because they are unwilling to fight, unwilling to fight, in their opinion, as long as there is food to eat, as long as there is still life, they must continue to continue, even until the day of tragic death, they have never thought about it, or dare not think about it, and resist."

"Since they didn't think about resisting, it's normal to end up like this."

"But once they resist, they will die," Xiao Hongyu said, "Moreover, many people will die, and they will die very miserably." ”

"If they don't resist, they'll be comfortable dying?" I said, "If they don't resist, they won't kill a lot of people?" Think of the scrawny kids, think of the hungry and crying babies, can you be sure they'll make it through a month? ”

Little Redfish shook her head.

"So, even if there is no resistance, are there still fewer people dying here?" I said lightly, and then, with a deep sigh.

(End of chapter)